Upgraded flight delay, possibility to change flight while keeping the upgrade?
 

I will be flying on AC107 on Jan 3rd, and for the last 11 days... it managed to arrive in YVR on time only once. On most days the flight will delay well over one hour.
What are my options in this case, I don't want to miss my first class of the year but I don't want to lose the upgrade either.

Q1: If AC delays the flight on the day of, if I move to an earlier flight, do I lose the upgrade if R=0 and J >= 1?
Q2: It also extremely likely that AC will allow rebooking free of charge on the day of but do I also lose my upgrade in the process?

My upgrade is already confirmed and I am looking to taking the 8AM depature instead given the fact that AC 107 OTA rate is literal dog poop.

AC103 at 8 is same aircraft type (77W) showing
J9 C9 D7 Z6 P6 R3 O9 E9 N6 Y9 B9 M9
U9 H9 Q8 V0 W0 G0 S0 T0 L0 A0 K0
789 at 7 am AC101
Showing J9 C9 D9 Z9 P8 R5 O9 E9 N9 Y9 B9 M9
U9 H9 Q7 V1 W0 G0 S0 T0 L0 A0 K0
so looks like you should be ok. Of course if you are really worried about making your class;), you could just pay change fee now (since you likely would have to anyway but sometimes they will accommodate if your other flight is significant delayed and they already know it) and guarantee you are on the flight of your choosing since R space is available with the most comfortable seats.

So if I pay $75 to change I might be bumped back to Y because paid J want to SDC?

If you have an hour, call in and ask. See if an all-or-nothing change is possible.

Only going to a syllabus during the first class, anyway.

In the past I've managed to SDC flights for $75 and keep my upgrade. Definitely confirm with the agent first though.

I am ready to pull the trigger but just want to see if some one with J fare SDC to a different flight with J0, would AC bump a confirmed eup back to Y(seems wrong tbh).
And if AC does such things, how would they proceed?(Do they go by status or time of upgrade confirmation?)

If your upgrade has been confirmed in advance, the circumstances in which you could be downgraded are minute: last-minute aircraft swap, deadheading captain needing a seat, maybe one or two others.

It's highly unlikely you'll pay the $75 and then get downgraded.

If you miss class, you miss class. Go to the professors office, explain due to flight delays you were late. Get to *know* the professor one on one and ask if there were any important details you missed and if you could get any material handed out or copies of slides.

Life happens, flights are delayed, learn to work around it for future real world work. Think of this as practice of dealing with a client meeting you missed. Don't sweat it!

You took the words out of my mouth.

Back to topic at hand:

If you have a confirmed upgrade to J, you can very well pay a SDC on the day of travel and confirm yourself if J is positive. (J to J)

I know there are many different experiences on this and I'm not certain what the official policy is, but I have done this several times.

Has the definition of literal changed?

Are you gift eUpping the flight?

When you are in confirmed R, any IRROPS can be done directly to J.

In fact, if there's a travel alert on the website, you can switch to any flight free of charge as long as J1.

What does this have anything to do with Jack's question?

It has everything to do with everything in life. Including you.

Thank you all for your help!


So here's what happened.
First Agent said I could change for free and gives me the inventory count, I decided to call back later and decide then.
Second agent insisted upon charging me change fee plus fare difference, I had to direct him to go through the weather alert and he finally admitted I was right.... sometimes its things like this I really doubt how much training these guys get... if I didnt stood my ground I prob would miss the class.

Despite AC releasing the alart for Jan 3 at YYZ, I still needed R space to switch, if all I needed was J I would have taken the AC33 the night before.....

In the end I switched to AC103 and looks like its omelette again.. sigh.................

That's not right. You don't NEED R space. It's any J1 flight. Is the rebooking tool online not working?

Sorry. I forgot. As per yyznomad, everything requires R space when calling AC lmao

Given the dumpster fire known as AC IT... I didnt want to risk losing my upgrade. If agent shet the bed I atleast have some1 to blame....

Wait... so I could have taken the AC33 the night before? Sigh.......
God dammit AC

K now I am actually triggered. I didnt spent 30 mins waiting on the E50K line, only to be fed with BS yet again.

Just call back and re do it.

Dont say "lolz free flat bed bro no R doit yolo plz kkthx".

Just explain you have some schedule issues and need that specific flight.

If the agent says no, just ask them if it's possible to review their "Anticipated Flight Cancellation" policy to confirm that R space can be rebooked up to J.

You have to walk them through it like when doing Latitude eUp.

Don't be triggered. Have to play the game.

In the end, the policy shouldn't be used to do this kind of change. It's really to help passengers rebook so they dont get ....ed by weather and not to get lie flat bed.

Its fine, I will just stick with what I have now

Beach digit...

If you have a bit of time , you better call in and ask.
See if an all-or-nothing change is possible.

How so? I presume due to the weather alert this is possible but if not a SDC means just that. Same day.

Looks like I bamboozled myself again. Delayed to 9:30 Departure.
It would be funny if they delay it by another hour and AC107 departed on time lol.

Well even with 103 delayed by 90 mins I would still make my class... so I guess it build in some cushions. But the omelette though ugh
Though gotta admit its a little tight for me now :(

Our FO just rolled in... I can see the AC107 from my window so we might land at the same time lol.

I'm going through a similar situation where I'm flying AC112 tomorrow and got a notification of a 2h delay. I called the concierge and asked to be put on an earlier flight that showed J space based on the AC app, but was told they would have to check to see if anyone else was on the upgrade list (the AC app shows nobody on the list) and they would have to do it via manual manipulation. I asked why in the past when upgraded to J and changing flights due to a posted delay was never an issue and was told it's different when using e-upgrades (I don't believe it).

I'm now waiting for an email confirmation but might call back in later so see if the concierge was able to do what I feel they should have been able to do easily.

Mysterious ways of Revenue Management at hand.

You got an upgrade into an unsellable seat, @McScruffy. It is conceivable that someone on your flight is so willing to get to wherever on time they are willing to pay a change fee and upgrade that they don't want to give the seat to you. And/or RM are just waiting until some random guy off the street won't buy the seat. I don't know the loads right now (or care to look them up), but the scenario I described is entirely within reason (and logic).

I see 4 seats available and more revenue passengers than that currently checked in and waitlisted for an upgrade.

I have mixed opinions on this. On one hand, you've hit IRROPS, and shouldn't suffer. On the other, 34 might be harder to upgrade tomorrow, so people with higher priority than you may still be waitlisted, and it doesn't seem fair that you get to jump ahead of them.